Details
- Combines an informal writing style with engaging learning features making this an ideal text for students new to the study of equity and trusts.
- Written by a highly regarded author with a vast amount of experience in researching, teaching and writing on the subject.
- Focuses on modern cases in the commercial sphere, enabling students to make connections between the subject and the practical and social application of the law.
- Includes interesting and engaging examples taken from non-legal sources, such as news, film and literature to enliven the text.
- Self-assessment and research exercises are integrated throughout the text, and accompanied by answer guidance on the accompanying Online Resource Centre.
- Diagrams and flowcharts are presented in a fresh colour design, and the many headings guide the reader through the subject.
- A test bank of multiple choice questions is available for lecturers via the Online Resource Centre.
New to this edition
- Coverage of significant recent cases, including Jones v Kernott (2011), Southgate v Sutton (2011), Futter v Futter; Pitt v Holt (2011), Sinclair Investments (UK) Ltd v Versailles TF Ltd (2011).
- Coverage of The Charities Act 2011, The Equality Act 2010, the Bribery Act 2010, and other statutory developments.
- Streamlined Chapter summaries, focusing on the key aspects of each chapter.
- Additional informative and inspiration extracts from extra-curricular sources, including contemporary news media.
- Even greater emphasis on, and clarification of, topics that students find most challenging, such as constructive trusts.
Equity and Trusts Law Directions is written in an informal, engaging and lively manner with an emphasis on explaining the key topics covered on equity and trusts courses with clarity. The text is aimed at engaging the reader's imagination through the use of diagrams, charts and references to extra-legal materials including news items and extracts from artistic, including literary, works. The substantive content of the text is designed to emphasize the relationship between equity, trusts, property, contract, and restitution to enable students to map out conceptual connections between related legal ideas. There is also a focus on modern cases in the commercial sphere to reflect the constantly changing and socially-significant role of trusts and equity. A number of learning features are used throughout the text encouraging students to engage with the subject-matter, test their knowledge and check their understanding of the law. These features include self-assessment questions and exercises, chapter summaries, diagrams, and guides to further reading.
Online Resource Centre
The third edition of Equity and Trusts Law Directions is supported by a fully comprehensive Online Resource Centre, featuring:
Weblinks
Pointers for answering the self-assessment questions
Podcast
Flashcard glossary
Test Bank
Updates
Readership: Second or third year undergraduates studying courses in equity and trusts or trusts on the LLB.
1: Introduction to equity and trusts
2: Understanding trusts
3: Capacity and formality requirements
4: Certainty requirements
5: The constitution of trusts
6: Public policy limitations on the formation of trusts
7: Purpose trusts
8: Charitable trusts
9: Variation of trusts
10: Trustee appointments
11: The nature of trusteeship
12: Trustees' duties
13: Maintenance and advancement
14: Investment
15: Breach of trust: defences and relief
16: Resulting and constructive trusts
17: Informal trusts of land
18: Tracing
19: The equitable liability of strangers to the trust
20: Equitable doctrines and remedies
Gary Watt, Professor in Law, Warwick Law School, The University of Warwick
Gary Watt is a Professor of Law at the University of Warwick. After studying at the University of Oxford and qualifying as a solicitor, in 1993 Gary began his teaching career at Nottingham Trent University. Gary was made Law Teacher of the Year in 2009 and in 2010 he was named a National Teaching Fellow and fellow of the Higher Education Academy.
Review(s) from previous edition
"An outstanding book. As an introduction to a non-intuitive subject, which doesn't try to dazzle with scholarship, but equally doesn't shirk the responsibility to alert students to challenging problems, it has no equal. - Greg Osborne, Senior Lecturer, University of Portsmouth
"Comprehensive without being too big, and stimulating without being condescending. An excellent book for students." - Peter Lampier, Senior Lecturer, London Metropolitan University
